This list is so important that I’ll post it here in the journal:

The Joel software team test

1. Do you use source control ?
2. Can you make a build in one step ?
3. Do you make daily builds?
4. Do you have a bug database?
5. Do you fix bugs before writing new code?
6. Do you have an up-to-date schedule?
7. Do you have a spec?
8. Do programmers have quiet working conditions?
9. Do you use the best tools money can buy?
10. Do you have testers?
11. Do new candidates write code during their interview?
12. Do you do hallway usability testing?

Read more on this here.

Related posts:

1. The “automatically generating code from specs” fallacy
2. writing specs

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